In addition to excellent legislation, what we’ve also done right in Canada is to adopt precautions to protect peanut and tree nut allergic children everywhere they go. Since schools have excellent policies in place, so do many summer camps, restaurants, and children’s sports organizations. It becomes normal to consider the safety of a snack sent along for the soccer team to enjoy and to see a notice from the team coach advising of teammates’ allergies. You can’t get to this level of compliance and tolerance introducing allergy policies in classrooms on a case-by-case basis.

What!!!! Ok people....In Canada, out health and education is by and large handled on a provincial level....
This article comes from a very Ontario perspective...

and another thing....could we focus a little more on awareness in an overall fashion and not just peanut butter.......

This is bugging the you know what out of me....Canada, Canada....but it says right up front....
asthma allergy website

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(Note: This guest editorial does not express the opinions of the authors of Asthma Allergies Children: a parent’s guide or the founders of this website. We welcome a variety of opinions on different issues that confront parents, patients, medical practitioners, and others with a stake in the health of our kids.)

This is an opinion from ONTARIO

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As many of my readers know, I live in Ontario, Canada, which I believe is the heart of food allergy and anaphylaxis safety protocols for Canada and the rest of the world.

and then I read farther.....and get even more bugged.....I see there is a place for my opinions...I should let them know about this website.....I notice it's not on the list....we could chat.

It is a total (and common) misconception that there are excellent plans in place. Mentioning schools, restaurants and sports teams as 'leaders in awareness' is simply not true. They are (in my experience) the WORST places for allergy issues, EVEN for peanut allergies. I don't feel like my DS is protected at all.

"People no longer bring peanut butter sandwiches to school or Snickers bars, or anything else that clearly contains nuts."

This is a COMPLETELY FALSE statement, unless she is talking about her school or district (and even at peanut free schools I KNOW the occasional sandwich gets through..).

I am impressed by the Canadians as respect to food allergy management in schools. They have enacted federal law that mandates minimum guidelines for the management of food allergic children.

Canadian federal law?? I wish that people would get the fact that Ontario is the only province that has Sabrina's Law...other provincial governments (such as Alberta) have nothing but that "safe and caring" bit in the old school act...still waiting for the new school act....but the pc's have stated that here in Alberta "it's all covered" because it says so.

In Ontario, Canada, Bill 3, Sabrina’s Law, was passed in May 2005. The bill, which will ensure that teachers and students know what to do when someone goes into anaphylactic shock, became law Jan. 1, 2006. This bill was named after Sabrina Shannon, a 13 year old girl, who died at school after eating french fries that were contaminated with a dairy product.

Well, I think I sent it. I'm not sure about e-mail yet. Here's what I said.

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Hi, I am an active member of an on line allergy community in Alberta, Canada and am concerned when I read inaccurate information and feel that your website may be sending that message. This is where I have chatted about it. viewtopic.php?f=33&t=6614 Maybe things could be improved if all the info is correct. Please feel free to contact me by email or chat on line. I'm alberta advocate.

I am an active member of an on line allergy community in Alberta, Canada I guess I should have worded this differently. I am an active Alberta member of an on line allergy community in Canada and the U.S. now....would have been better. so much to learn.

I means a lot that you even sent it!
I say,:
1. (Pat them) I am a regular subscriber of your magazine...

2. (Poke them) I am a mother of a child with severe (anaphylaxis) allergies to many foods including ---
After reading your article --- , am quite concerned about the inacuracies in contained. (quotes are good). Back yourself up with facts usually from http://www.allergysafecommunities.ca/pages/default.asp - quote fact and give the website.

3. (Pat them) Something like how they are considered an authority on allergies or that they have a large readership etc tell them that you are concerned that the general population will beleive what they read and how this sets us back in trying to improve awareness etc.

4. (Tell them what you want) Could the write a retraction? Suggest another article or someone whom they might interview etc.

5. (Invite feedback) I let them know that I am the moderator of Allergic Living Magazines website forum and that I am happy to share any comment they might have with the comunity.

Really Susan, I am so past the patting thing. For years I tried to get any kind of help from a lot of people and am just really tired of it all. Being ignored by a school superintentant when there are huuuuge problems....and then after I started digging in the paperwork....well, I've discovered that when it comes to most things (especially administration and government) poking gets the most action. Thanks for the tips though and I'll think about it.

"There is a portion of the population that has an allergic reaction to the word Liberal. So we're handing out lots of antihistamines before the next election so that allergic reaction is diminished," explained Swann.

That's the leader of the alberta liberal party talking and he's a doctor.

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